Zouhair Bahaoui
Zouhair Bahaoui was born on November 22, 1995 in the northern Moroccan city of
Tétouan. Influenced by pop, raï and "urban" cultures, he first expressed himself
musically through hip-hop, with a rap group called Jil Jdid (also the title of a
song by Moroccan band H-Kayne). However, Bahaoui reverses these early aesthetic
choices for a more pop voice tinged with the influences of Stevie Wonder,
Beyoncé or Hussein El Jasmi. A first track appeared in 2016, "Bghit W Ga3ma
7assit", followed by covers of star Cheb Hasni, showing influences from raï and
R'n'B. Zouhair Bahaoui followed thi...
